Vic Mignogna

[Piccolo Daimao]

Alright, so I've heard that Vic Mignogna, the voice of Broli and Butta (in Dragon Ball Z Kai) is apparently not nice to people at conventions. I know I might be bringing up some kind of dead issue that was brushed over long ago, but I'm not really in these circles (meaning I don't watch much anime other than Dragon Ball and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, nor do I go to cons). Anyway, I just did a search on Google that came up with things like how Mignogna's allegedly egotistical, homophobic and hostile to yaoi fans. But then he did an interview which rejected these rumours. Could someone shed light on this? Just curious.

[BlazingFiddlesticks]

I've never heard anything of the sort. All I know is that he refuses to do Broly most of the time.

As for being hostile to yaoi fans, frankly, it's his right so long as he doesn't crush any souls. Putting up with fan delusions isn't part of the job description, even if he signs the unwritten dotted line by going to cons.

[AgitoZ]

Mind if I answer your question with a couple questions? What does this have to do with Dragon Ball? Wouldn't this be a better question for his fanclub?

As for a less rude answer, it really is a load of barnacles. This is the same guy who feels bad for swearing when FedEx shipments don't get on time. I seriously doubt this guy is hostile towards fans.

[Piccolo Daimao]

Mind if I answer your question with a couple questions? What does this have to do with Dragon Ball? Wouldn't this be a better question for his fanclub?

Well, like I said, Vic Mignogna's the voice actor of two Dragon Ball characters, Broli and Butta, and I just thought it'd be easier to ask such a short question here.

[penguintruth]

I don't see the problem with Vic Mignogna refusing to sign doujins involving brother-on-brother "Elricest".

On the other hand, I'm not a huge fan of him as a VA. So eff 'em.

[DisapprovingOwl]

For what it's worth, me and some friends saw him at a panel at the Birmingham Comic-Con in the UK earlier this year along with his Fullmetal Alchemist co-star Aaron Dismuke. We went to their panel on both days it was held, and both of them seemed open, funny and friendly towards the fans that had come to see them there.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I remember him actually commenting on online rumours that he was some sort of egotistical jerk towards fans in at least one of the panels, though I'd have to see if anyone's uploaded a recording of the panel to YouTube or something in order to confirm this.

[Rory]

FYI; Mignogna's gonna be at Manchester MCM next month, and he's gonna sign all my FMA DVDs one way or another.
About the question, I've heard him address this issue at panels. He politely declines yaoi doujin signings, but that doesn't mean he's rude or a dick. He just doesn't really want much to do with that.... 'darker' side of the fanbase... but he'll still talk to the fans who involve themselves in it.

[MCDaveG]

Yeah, and for declining yaoi, he's my hero!!! I really can't stand this stuff, I'll rather watch real interracial fe**l porn with huge people rather than yaoi

[Gyt Kaliba]

I'm fairly sure it's just a rumor, no doubt stemming from the fact that, at one point in time, he was THE VA to a lot of the fandom. That's how the internet seems to work, a lot of people like something, then another group is going to emerge lambasting it even if they don't actually hate it in reality.

Or it could come from some jilted yaoi fans, possibly. I know not all yaoi fans are that way, but some of them can be pretty...'fervent'...so I can see them taking out their rage at his refusal to sign stuff like that (likely due to his religious beliefs if I recall right) by making up rumors.

As far as his refusal to do Broly at cons, can you really blame him? I can't even IMAGINE how rough that voice probably is on the vocal cords.

[SparkyPantsMcGee]

I've always seen him as a pretty cool guy. Never met him, but from the millions(seriously just youtube his name) of videos I've seen of him at cons he seems like a pretty decent guy. I have heard that he doesn't like doing his Broli impression because it's murder on his voice; and that's pretty understandable. Whoever is spreading these rumors, sounds like they have some sort of agenda against him or something.

[Super Sonic]

He was always nice to me. Some guys just don't like him for some reason. Never heard the "homophobic" thing before. In fact, while I know I shouldn't stereotype, I wondered for a bit if he swung that way on account of his voice and mannerisms. (He doesn't, and is engaged to a woman). Not wanting to do yaoi is understandable for his characters who aren't yaoi. It's just as the same as shipping gay characters in straight views. But crazy yaoi fans think, "Not into yaoi=homophobe". And he did enjoy meeting Japanese Ed.

[TheBlackPaladin]

I debated on how much to say here, firstly because I'm a voice actor myself, and secondly because I can see this thread getting locked for not being "Dragon Ball"-related enough (although I don't mean to play mini-mod, of course, so the mods should feel free to do what they want). I think the best thing I can say about Vic is this...there's no need to get mad over rumors. If he has actually done something you don't like, and you know for a fact that he has because you saw him do it, then that's different...but rumors in and of themselves are nothing to get enraged about. Especially considering how well-known a fact it is that trolls love to troll. Sure, I've seen plenty of rumors, but on the other hand, I haven't personally seen anything that leads me to think less of him. In fact, many years before I became a voice actor, when I wrote to a few voice actors, he was the only one to respond (with a very nice response, for that matter).

Either way, I'm not concerned with any voice actor's personal life. Should any of us be? What matters is if they can play their parts effectively or not. I'm sure we can all name some great people who are horrible actors, and horrible people who are great actors.

[laserkid]

A friend of mine met the guy at a convention with a copy of Legend of the Mystical Ninja in hand, in which he voiced Goeman (this was before Vic became a household name with FMA), to get it signed by the english voice cast, Mr. Mignogna was so flattered and amazed someone knew he was in that title that he more or less helped my friend get the signatures of the rest of the cast that were there by escorting him around, so from that story alone, I'm fairly certain he's a stand up guy.

[Dizrythmia]

I was at a convention last year where Kyle Hebert was talking to 3 fans. I approached them & they were having a Vic Mignogna bashing session. Kyle was trying to be really diplomatic about the whole thing but when it comes to CERTAIN late teen/early 20s anime fans, well you know... They have their own opinions & that's that.

He'll be in my home town of Adelaide in November this year, so I'll find out for myself. In the meantime Todd Haberkorn, Eric Vale & Chris Sabat are going to Oz Comic Con Melbourne, so I'll be meeting them first!

[Gyt Kaliba]

Either way, I'm not concerned with any voice actor's personal life. Should any of us be? What matters is if they can play their parts effectively or not. I'm sure we can all name some great people who are horrible actors, and horrible people who are great actors.

Exactly. I agree with all of your post, but this in particular I had to quote. I won't name any names, but I've talked to a few voice actors (online only though) that were REALLY nice even though I'm not that big on some of their work. Conversely, there are some VA's that I've talked to that do great work, but I swear I'm never contacting them for anything again probably.

That and, let's face it, you know there's always going to be THAT guy, or girl, at a convention that's going to get under a VA's skin, get told off, and then they're going to take it as it being the VA's fault for being 'rude'. With some of the stuff they have to put up with probably, I'm actually surprised there's less stories about this kind of thing.

[VegettoEX]

I think that sums it up. Very little to do with DBZ specifically, here.